Google Releases Android 4.1 Source Code

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Holy mozes....

I thought it was only gonna be released 15th.

Good news none the less.
 
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Woohoo! Let's hope the manufacturers get cracking with this, so that we can have 4.1 on our devices really soon!
 
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My SGT10.1 is already running AOKP's last ICS roll-out (Milestone 6) and now it is JELLY BEAN TIME!!!
 
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Before ICS I hated my SGT10.1 ... but AOKP with ICS changed all that ... the SGT10.1 is now one awesome device.
 
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BeVonk! said:
Before ICS I hated my SGT10.1 ... but AOKP with ICS changed all that ... the SGT10.1 is now one awesome device.
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Agree on ICS being the best so far, only concern is that 4.1 looks like they dumping the tablet centric UI and returning to the phone one. Or that might just be for nexus 7. Will have to wait and see.
 
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Elimentals said:
Agree on ICS being the best so far, only concern is that 4.1 looks like they dumping the tablet centric UI and returning to the phone one. Or that might just be for nexus 7. Will have to wait and see.
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They haven't dumped the Honeycomb-style tablet UI. That is still used on larger tablets. See here:

http://blogs.computerworld.com/mobile-and-wireless/20653/android-41-tablet-layout


So basically, as of 4.1, Android now has three different UIs: for smartphones, mini-tablets, and tablets. I think that's pretty cool, actually. A 7" tablet presents a different set of UI problems to a 10" tablet; it's awesome that Google has a produced a version specially tailored to this specific form factor.

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EDIT: Apparently if your Nexus 7 is rooted, it's a relatively simple hack to convert it to the full tablet layout: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749501
 
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Vulk, so must developers now develop for three UI's? Will we then still get apps for the one UI and not the other?
 
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BeVonk! said:
Vulk, so must developers now develop for three UI's? Will we then still get apps for the one UI and not the other?
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To quote from that same article I linked to earlier:

And time out: Before you start flying the "fragmentation flag," you should know that this doesn't mean developers have to worry about supporting numerous new configurations. As long as apps are coded properly, the adjustments are handled automatically on the fly. As Android engineer Dianne Hackborn explains it:

"For developers, when designing your app to scale up from its phone UI, this mostly means you should pick the break point at which any major change in your layout should occur and let the layout managers take care of all of the sizes in-between. ...

Android's density scaling was designed to be able to support arbitrary densities, by including the concept of density in all of the UI specifications of the application (bitmaps, measurements, etc) and using layout managers for final pixel-accurate placement of UI elements...

You don't need to supply bitmaps for every possible density; Android will scale your bitmaps (typically when they are loaded) to match the current density."
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If you're interested in this stuff, it's worth reading that post by Dianne Hackborn in it entirety: https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/6eWwQvFGLV8
 
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I hope CM bring out an official rom for the S3 now, it's about bloody time.
 
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